The process of setting waterfowl hunting regulations is conducted annually in the United States (Blohm 1989). This processinvolves a number of meetings where the status of waterfowl is reviewed by the agencies responsible for setting huntingregulations. In addition, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) publishes proposed regulations in the Federal Registerto allow public comment. This document is part of a series of reports intended to support development of harvest regulationsfor the 2004 hunting season. Specifically, this report is intended to provide waterfowl managers and the public withinformation about the use of adaptive harvest management (AHM) for setting duck-hunting regulations in the United States.This report provides the most current data, analyses, and decision-making protocols. However, adaptive management is adynamic process and some information presented in this report will differ from that in previous reports.